More than that. We want to buy those documents and letters.
Knox
(Showing a slight start.) What documents and letters?
Hubbard
You are beating around the bush in turn. There is no need for an honest man to lie even—
Knox
(Interrupting.) To you.
Hubbard
(Smiling.) Even to me. I watched you closely when I mentioned the letters. You gave yourself away. You knew I meant the letters stolen by Gherst from Starkweather's private files—the letters you intended using to-morrow.
Knox